OverDrive FAQs

  • General Questions

    In Libby, you can tag titles that is not currently offered by the library using “Notify Me” smart tags. If the library purchases titles that you have tagged with the “Notify Me” smart tag, you will receive a notification to borrow it if it is available or directly place a hold. For more details about “Notify Me” smart tags, see this article.

    You can receive a copy of OverDrive title history for your records by selecting your Shelf, then History, then Actions and finally Email History. You will be prompted to enter your email address, after which select Submit. For further details, see these instructions.

    Libby:
    Borrowing history can be accessed by selecting the Timeline icon (look for the ‘clock’ icon located in the footer menu in Libby). For further details and exceptions, see the Libby Help website .

    Yes. You have the option to renew a magazine within 3 days of the end of the lending period. Since magazines are offered under simultaneous use, you can also borrow the magazine again at any time.

    No. Magazines will not count toward checkout limits. All magazines will be available for unlimited simultaneous use.

    The article view feature will be available in Libby only. Customers using the MPL OverDrive website can read magazines in the original format/layout.

    You can borrow and read OverDrive magazines in the browser but cannot download them to your computer. To download magazines for offline reading, it’s best to use the Libby app on a mobile device.